TONEY (_comparative_ TONIER, _superlative_ TONIEST) * Alternative spelling of _tony_ * 1918, William Magney, _The Hunt Ball Mystery_, Chapter II: […] The ball will be rather a TONEY affair." * 1921, D. H. Lawrence, _The Lost Girl_, Thomas Seltzer (1921), Chapter XII: The really TONEY women of the place came to take tea in her room, and these little teas in the hospital were like a little elegant female conspiracy. * For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.